An announcement dated Curacao the 9th asked for tenders for the daily delivery of around 420 pound fresh beef of the best quality, around 550 pounds fresh bread and around 450 pound sea biscuit son behalf of the British frigate HMS Barham.(1)
Note
1. 3rd Rate launched at the shipyard of Perry, Wells&Green, Blackwall, England on 8 July 1811, reduced to a 50-gun ship in December 1826, broken up in September 1840, original armament of 74 guns and a builders measurement of 1.761 tons. The edition dated 18 May 1844 mentioned that the British razeed ship of the line HMS Barham was repaired at the shipyard of H. van der Meulen&Co. on Curacao, Dutch West Indies without supplying the year, but probably in 1829 after she run aground at Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.
Note
1. 3rd Rate launched at the shipyard of Perry, Wells&Green, Blackwall, England on 8 July 1811, reduced to a 50-gun ship in December 1826, broken up in September 1840, original armament of 74 guns and a builders measurement of 1.761 tons. The edition dated 18 May 1844 mentioned that the British razeed ship of the line HMS Barham was repaired at the shipyard of H. van der Meulen&Co. on Curacao, Dutch West Indies without supplying the year, but probably in 1829 after she run aground at Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.
